BED-STUY MAN CHARGED IN LAST MONTH’S SUBWAY ATTACK OF TRANS WOMAN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A BED-STUY MAN WHO ASSAULTED A TRANS WOMAN ABOARD A SUBWAY TRAIN last month has been indicted on with a hate crime and other charges related to an unprovoked attack. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez identified the defendant as 22-year-old Ian Williams, who was arraigned on
AFFORDABLE UNITS NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW DEAN ST. DEVELOPMENT DEAN STREET — Designed by Handel Architects, 595 Dean Street launched leasing last month for new
PRAISE FOR FEDERAL APPROVAL OF CONGESTION PRICING PLAN BOROUGHWIDE — State Senator Andrew Gounardes (D-26), whose district includes much of western and waterfront Brooklyn, including
BROOKLYN NAVY SEAMAN SERVES IN 7TH FLEET, INDO-PACIFIC REGION SOUTH CHINA SEA — U.S. Navy Seaman Troy Ainsworth, from Brooklyn, is pictured handling line aboard
CCRB MEETING WILL EXAMINE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NYPD AND BROOKLYNITES BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — The relationship between Brooklyn residents and the NYPD will be the focus of the
WILLIAMSBURG’S PIE CONTEST CELEBRATES DERBY DAY WILLIAMSBURG — The Kentucky Derby, taking place on Saturday, May 6, may be the second most-famous tradition for pie-making
NEW LEGISLATION WOULD EASE INSURANCE OBSTACLES FOR LEGAL CANNABIS MERCHANTS NATIONWIDE — New bipartisan legislation that Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-7/northern Brooklyn) and Rep. Warren
MAYOR RELEASES LARGEST EXECUTIVE BUDGET IN NYC HISTORY CITYWIDE — Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday released the Executive Budget For Fiscal Year 2024, considered the largest in the city’s history.
SUBWAY CARS DEFACED WITH GRAFFITI BEFORE THEIR MAIDEN RUN CONEY ISLAND — A set of brand new R211 subway train cars hadn’t even gone into full service before it was
CITY’S NEW BIKE LANE EQUIPMENT WON’T EXTEND INTO SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG — New bike lanes being installed across the five boroughs “stop just short of filling a glaring hole
NYC SUBWAYS SET RIDERSHIP RECORD ON APRIL 20, WITH JUST OVER FOUR MILLION RIDERS CITYWIDE — The New York City subway system recorded 4,002,961 paid rides on Thursday, April 20,
LEONARD BERNSTEIN REMEMBERED: INTERVIEW WITH HIS DAUGHTER NINA The great and incomparable musician Leonard Bernstein, who created “West Side Story” among other classics, is remembered by his daughter Nina Bernstein-Simmons
POLY PREP CELEBRATES REUNION DAY WITH OPENING OF NEW SOFTBALL FIELD DYKER HEIGHTS — When Poly Prep marks Reunion Day on Saturday, April 29, it will be a Brooklyn-centric celebration
ZONING AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED FOR BUSHWICK AND GRAVESEND SITES BUSHWICK AND GRAVESEND — Rezoning requests at 1656 West 10th St. in Gravesend and 1160 Flushing Avenue in Bushwick are on
NYU TANDON RESEARCHERS DEVELOP MODEL TO PREDICT GUN VIOLENCE MORE ACCURATELY DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Professor Maurizio Porfiri, a researcher at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, led a team of colleagues
ATTORNEY GENERAL TISH JAMES SPEAKS OUT ON JUSTICE ALITO’S STAY ON ABORTION DRUG BAN NATIONWIDE — Following U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s stay on lower courts’ rulings over a
LIFE OF HOPE LAUNCHES BIRTH JUSTICE DEFENDERS HAITIAN HUB EAST FLATBUSH — Life of Hope, based in East Flatbush and collocated at Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School, on Thursday, April 13,
ROAD RUNNERS’ HALF MARATHON CLOSES SOME LOCAL STREETS ON APRIL 23 WILLIAMSBURG TO PROSPECT PARK — Roads stretching from McCarren Park in Williamsburg to Prospect Park will be closed for
CUNY SCHOOLS WILL END VACCINE MANDATE AT END OF THEIR CURRENT TERM CITYWIDE — As with the state-level public university system, CUNY (City University of New York) will end its emergency
LOCAL ELECTEDS DENOUNCE MTA BUS ROUTE CHANGES THAT WOULD CUT OFF SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS SOUTHERN BROOKLYN — A bipartisan group of elected officials at the national, state and local levels
PAINTING AND STEEL REPAIRS PROJECT WILL CLOSE GOWANUS EXIT 23 RAMP OVERNIGHT MONDAY GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY — The New York State DOT has announced a full closure (weather permitting) of the
REP. MALLIOTAKIS HONORS HER DISTRICT’S STUDENT ESSAY WINNERS BAY RIDGE AND DYKER HEIGHTS — Southwestern Brooklyn’s newest essay winners and future leaders received their awards from Congressmember Nicole Malliotakis (R-11)
HEIGHTS LIBRARY PRESENTS AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ON JAZZ IN CHINA BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Brooklyn Public Library celebrates April as Jazz Appreciation Month, with a showing of “Jazz In China: The
GOVERNOR DETERMINED TO FLUSH OUT PRANKSTERS CAUSING REAL PANIC AT SCHOOLS STATEWIDE — Governor Kathy Hochul is denouncing the latest school “swatting” threats, after a rash of calls were made
EARTH DAY WITH OPEN STREETS AND MUSIC BUSHWICK AND PROSPECT HTS. — New York City will celebrate Earth Day’s 53rd birthday with New York City Department of Transportation in a huge
SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER ‘RICKY VAUGHN’ CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHT TO VOTE DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A federal jury in U.S. District Court/Eastern District in Brooklyn convicted Douglass Mackey, also known
GRAND JURY CHARGES TRUMP, WHO VOWS TO STAY IN RACE FOR PRESIDENT MANHATTAN — Former Queens resident Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. President to face criminal charges
BROOKLYN BISHOP WILL LEAD ROSARY FOR POPE FRANCIS’ RECOVERY DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN —The Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn will be leading a Rosary prayer on Wednesday night, March 29,
#WHATSGOODNYC: TOURISM BUREAU DEBUTS ITS NEW NAME AND LOOK CITYWIDE — NYC & Company Is Now New York City Tourism + Conventions. During its annual meeting on Tuesday, March 28,
WORKSHOP HELPS PARENTS INITIATE ‘THE TALK’ WITH THEIR KIDS PARK SLOPE — Parents who have anxiety about sitting their pre-teens down for “The Talk” may be interested in a workshop
NEW ‘CODE FOR AMERICA’ HELPS WIC APPLICANTS OVERCOME PROGRAM ROADBLOCKS STATEWIDE — A new client feedback initiative aims to improve understanding of the challenges New Yorkers face enrolling in the
DOT COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ UNVEILS PLANS TO REUNITE COMMUNITIES SPLIT BY BQE NORTH & SOUTH BROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPRESSWAY — The future of the aforementioned BQE, being discussed in depth over the past
CALIFORNIA ARREST OF WHITE SUPREMACIST WHO THREATENED BROOKLYN JOURNALIST DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The one-time leader of a white-supremacist group who issued death threats against a Brooklyn journalist for reporting about
MISSING SUNSET PARK WOMAN SUNSET PARK — Police are asking the public’s help in locating a missing Sunset Park woman last seen at her home within the 72nd Precinct. Karen
COLTON FORMS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUP FOR SOUTHERN BROOKLYN BENSONHURST — A new Neighborhood Watch is forming in Assemblymember William Colton’s (D-47) district encompassing Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Dyker Heights,
NRA SEEKS TO REVERSE JUDGE’S DISMISSAL OF ITS COUNTERCLAIMS AGAINST NEW YORK STATEWIDE — As part of the latest salvo in the protracted battle between New York Attorney General Letitia